Phase 1: The Challenge

The Challenge was presented by the fact that the Dolle Suzhou
operation was growing in complexity as well as capacity.
Unfortunately, the supply of experienced and skilled welders in the
vicinity of Shanghai, China is scarce and erratic.

To produce a high volume of an increasing variety of products
needing a weld process meant we needed to source and enable a robot
to work with the same speed and flexibility as the most skilled
manual welders.

Phase 2: The Approach

Our approach was to methodically analyse the suppliers and
technology available globally. This revealed that Kawasaki and
Migatronic held the State of the Art robotic welding
technology.

By working closely with our suppliers and the team at Dolle
Suzhou we were able to implement the installation of this
significant investment to our production process, thereby greatly
enhancing our capability as well as our capacity.

Phase 3: The Results

Our training and team approach resulted in the technology being
embraced and integrated very effectively into our operation. The
maintenance of these robots is done by our team and has proven very
smooth.

The automation of the environment at Dolle Suzhou yielded many
additional benefits such as greatly improved cleanliness and the
same adherence to quality standards.

In commercial terms, the results were very successful; our
production capacity has greatly increased as has our levels of
efficiency. In addition the significant capital investment paid for
itself in just one year, which is an outstanding return for any
capital expenditure.

Show case: Product Development

The Challenge was presented to us by our distributor for the
French DIY Market. Dolle Suzhou was tasked with the development,
from the design through to manufacture and launch, of a complete
range of balustrade handrail systems in a 3 month time frame
...

Partnership ?

We can offer European based manufacturers the benefit of our
existing successful Chinese production base with no learning curve
and instant bolt on access to cost effective and quality Chinese
production facility for projects of E1MM + scale.